Name: Brighton R - May Meetup!
Start: 2024-05-23T17:00:00.000Z
End: 2024-05-23T19:30:00.000Z
Location: Barclays Eagle Labs Brighton

**🚀 Exciting News! 🚀**

For May's meetup, as part of Silicon Brighton's collab with Fringe, we have something very special lined up - a creative workshop led by [Dan Gibson](https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-gibson-it/) on how to build your very own chatbot!

Here's what Dan has to say about it:
"How do you build chatbots that answer questions using your organisation's data?

The answer is Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG). In this session, you'll be introduced to RAG and build a simple RAG-powered chatbot in Python. Until very recently, if an organisation wanted a bespoke chatbot application, they had to spend millions of pounds and fund highly specialized teams, often training and hosting their own sophisticated AI models.

RAG allows organizations of any size, and developers who haven't got specialized AI skills, to build capable chatbots that can answer questions based on data that you control. This session is designed to get you started on your RAG journey. You'll be introduced to RAG and then taken through a guided exercise to build a very simple RAG-powered chatbot.

We've designed this session to be suitable for participants with basic Python skills, but also be a good overview for those who consider themselves capable Python developers but haven't tried out RAG."

This will be 90 minutes of working in small groups to build your very own RAG-powered chatbot. Please bring your own laptops and make sure you have signed up for ChatGPT beforehand (it will be 1 laptop to 3 or 4 people, so don't worry if you don't have one).

We will, of course, have pizzas, refreshments, and opportunities to chat throughout the evening, and it will be [livestreamed](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JO0WF4zaTs) if you are not able to make it.

Looking forward to seeing you there!

Do you fancy speaking at a Brighton Py event or at [EARL](https://datacove.co.uk/earl-2024-tech-conference/)? Get in touch if you have Python knowledge and a story to share.

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Silicon Brighton

Laura Mawer

Dean

Brighton Py May 2024 Event

Barclays Eagle Labs Brighton

Join us for an enlightening meetup on "Responsible AI and Microsoft"! Hosted by Brighton AI in partnership with the Sussex Azure User Group, this event is a must-attend for anyone interested in the ethical implications and responsibilities of AI technologies - and that's all of us, right?! We will be providing an overview of Microsoft's AI strategy, platform and tools, and exploring how we can harness AI responsibly to ensure it benefits society and operates within ethical and regulatory boundaries.

**Agenda:**

1. Matt Hyde, Microsoft's Chief Data Architect, kicks things off with an insightful look into Microsoft's AI strategy. Discover the wide range of practical tools and services they're spearheading to transform the tech landscape and future business processes.
2. Adebisi Adewusi, AI Policy Consultant and Brighton AI Co-founder, sheds light on the AI regulatory and ethical landscape in the UK. Learn what this means for businesses like yours and how you can navigate these waters.
3. Tancredi De Pretto, Microsoft AI Specialist, delves into Microsoft's Responsible AI framework. Understand the tools available to help your organisation develop AI solutions that are fair, ethical, and low-risk.

Don’t miss out on this opportunity to engage with AI pioneers and network with like-minded enthusiasts. Reserve your spot today!

Brighton AI

Graeme Cox

yogesh sadasivam

Namratha Gowda

May 2024 Meetup - Responsible AI & Microsoft

PLATF9RM Hove - Coworking, Offices & Events

The Breaking Breadboards team are excited to announce the inaugural event which will take place at Barclays Eagle Labs on May 15th.

We are passionate about combining software and hardware and we believe that there must be others out there in Brighton that share our passion.

Our aim is to bring tech hardware tinkerers in Brighton and the surrounding areas - both seasoned professionals and those that are fresh out of the gate - together to learn, share ideas and have fun!

From Raspberry Pi's + Arduino's, to modifying Game Boys or building robots, if there is a hardware element to something you're working on, its welcome here!

As well as introducing ourselves and the plans that we have for this group over the coming weeks and months, we will also have a taste of whats to come in the form of a show and tell. This group is very much here to serve the community in Brighton and we would love to hear from you if you have a project that you would like to share.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask, and we look forward to welcoming you to Breaking Breadboards!

We would love you to be there in person but the event is also hybrid. So you can catch us on YouTube if you can't make it.

Show and Tells:

* Jon Durrant ([YouTube](https://youtube.com/@drjonea)) ROS2 Robots with Raspberry PI Pico.
* Nikhil Dabas ([GitHub](https://github.com/ndabas)) Hands-on demo with gizmos and thingamajigs that attendees can interact with.

Breaking Breadboards

Mike Brewer

Jon Durrant

Chetan Padia

Breaking Breadboards - Launch Event - Show and Tell

Join us for an exciting meetup event hosted by Brighton Cloud to discover ways to drive your learning and development. We're going back to our much loved coffee tables, with experts of all levels supporting:

* **New to cloud:** Learning resources, helping you refine your CV, LinkedIn profiles and mentoring intros
* **Mid level:** Taking that leap into your career and upskilling
* **Professional:** Tech talks, tips and tricks

And finally an exciting Fringe act to finish our evening of networking and learning, so make sure you join us for this great event, pizza and beers to meet fellow cloud lovers old and new.

Brighton Cloud

Lace Rogers

David Abbott

Keith

Cloud and Learn coffee tables and fringe

Runway East Brighton

Hello R Novices, Nerds, and Nobles! Summer is coming, and so is another instalment of insightful talks to BrightonR! Bring ya friends, we'll bring the bubbles.

We are ecstatic to be holding our May event in **Barclays Eagle Labs** in Brighton. Presented by R-extraordinaire, **Jeremy** **Horne**, **Director** at **Datacove**.

To begin, we are thrilled to be hosting a talk from, **Uzair** **Aslam**, **Data** **Scientist** at **Stats** **Devs** and **creator** of the **first R Meetup in** **Pakistan**! He will be sharing a talk with us titled, "**Upwork Market Analysis in R**". This talk demonstrates practical applications of data-driven decision-making in the Freelance industry. Uzair will share insights into the top skills required by the clients in Development, Data Science and Marketing Jobs.

After, we have the pleasure of being joined by **Andrew Collier**, **Lead Data Scientist** at **Fathom Data**. He will be delivering us a talk on "**Desert Island Docker in R**". Continuing, he explains, "What 3 Docker images would you choose if you were shipwrecked on a desert island? Choosing the right images will determine whether you are rescued or end up in a cannibals' cooking pot. Docker is an essential tool for survival as an R developer, regardless of whether you are stranded or not."

Now, for the part you are all waiting for – refreshments! Drinks and nibbles will be served from 6pm. The talks will commence at 6:45pm and the event will conclude at 8pm. Plus, merchandise from Posit will be available!

The conversation will continue after the event at The Joker Pub (Preston Road), for anyone who wishes to continue talking all things R!

As usual, it might just be unbearable to miss our fantastic speakers. So, if you are not able to join us in-person - we are here online: TBC

We look forward to seeing you all theRe!

Brighton R

Abbie Brookes

Jeremy Horne

Brighton R - May Meetup!

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